Garment



B. LUSTGAHTIEN.

GABMENT.

APPLCATION FILED OCT. 30, 1920.

rammed Feb. 28, 1922.

nvm/TOR ELUSTGAev-EN Bhf ATTORNEYS WIT/VESSES K ure in its closed position;

l full open position;

BERNARD LUSTGARTEN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAMENT.

tSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1.922.

VApplication -filed October 30,- 1920. Serial No. 420,774.

' To all whom it may concern: l l Be it known that I, BERNARD LUSTGARTEN,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, boron h of Brook- 1 n, in the county of Kings and tate of New ork, have invented Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

.The present invention relates to new vand useful improvements in'l wearing apparel, and it pertains more particularly to undergarments of the bifurcate'd type.

It is one of the 'objects of the present invention to provide. a new and improved closure for the lower open end of the leg members.

It-is a further object of the invention to provide a combination closure for the abovementioned portionof the 'garment by means of which the` open end maybe used in its lfull open position or may be drawn to provide a closure of the bloomer type.

With the above' and other objects in'view, reference is'had to the accompanying drawin s, in whichigure 1 1s a view in elevation of the lower portion of the garment showing the` closure in its full open position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the clos- Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the manner of use when the closure is 1n its Fig. 4 is a similar view of the closure in its full closed position;

Fig.'5 is a detail sectional the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 isa detail view of the drawstring of the closure means. A y

' Referring moreparticularly to the drawings, the reference character 10 designates one of the legs of the garment, and said leg is formed in such a manner as to possess considerable fullness, and is provided with a lower open end as indicated 'by the referview taken on ence character 11. `Each leg 1,0 is providedl on` one side with a` slot or opening 12, by meansof which extra fullness may be had if desired. p Defining the lower open end of the leg portion is a draw string pocket 13, and said draw string pocket. 13 is preferably secured upon the' interior of .the lower leg portion as shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig.`6 is showna new andimproved a new and Improvedv sired. l The whole draw string by means of which the objects of the invention are carried out, andl said draw string comprises a substantially central portion 14 of elastic webbing or other suitable elastic material capable of longitudinal elasticity, andv secured to each endof this "elastic strip 14,*is a tape or nonelastic member 16. rlhe device is used in the following manner:

Assuming that the wearer of the garment desires the lower ends of the leg portions opened to the full extent, the draw strings 'will be untied and loosened until the lower ends of the leg portions of the garment are fully extended, at which Atime the ends of the .draw strings are tied, as indicated in Figures 1 and 3. When the garment is worn in this manner, it is not necessary to Vuse a draw string with an elastic section therein since the closure of the open end of the vleg portion has no binding action.

When it is desired to wear the garment as of the bloomer type, the draw string is pulledl until the open end of the leg portion is closed about the limb, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, and when the draw string has been so tightened its ends are tied as indicated by the reference character 18. With the parts in this position, it will be apparent that the .elastic section is brought into play to provide a tight flexible closure for the lower open portions of the garment.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides a combination garment,the lower open ends of the leg portions of vwhich may be worn as suits the fancy of the wearer of the arment, and, at the same time, this is permitted with but a single closure means, said closure means be'- ing inthe form of a draw string, between the ends of which is provided an elastic section. In lieu of the elastic section 14 in the draw string, it is obvious that other suitable elastic means, such as a small coil, spri-nfg `or'the like, may be employed, if depurpose ofy the elastic section is to give longitudinal elasticity to the draw string when the garment by which it is carriedl is worn with-a bloomer closure such a manner that the intermediate elastic portion onlyA may be used to provide a liloomer closure, or the use of both the inter- 10 mediate elastic, portion and the nonelastic end portions may be resorted to to provide a loose or open leg closure.

BERNARD LUSTGABTEN. 

